Baburam Bhattarai
| Dr. Baburam Bhattarai डा. बाबुराम भट्टराई |
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| 35th Prime Minister of Nepal | |
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In office 29 August 2011 – 14 March 2013 |
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| President | Ram Baran Yadav |
| Deputy | Bijaya Kumar Gachchhadar |
| Preceded by | Jhala Nath Khanal |
| Succeeded by | Khil Raj Regmi |
| Founder and Chairman of Naya Shakti | |
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Assumed office June 2016 |
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| Preceded by | Position established |
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18 June 1954 Khoplang, Gorkha, Nepal |
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Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) till 26 September 2015 Currently, Naya Shakti |
| Spouse(s) | Hisila Yami |
| Alma mater |
Tribhuvan University Chandigarh College of Architecture School of Planning and Architecture, Delhi Jawaharlal Nehru University |
Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) till 26 September 2015
Dr. Baburam Bhattarai (Nepali: डा. बाबुराम भट्टराई, born 18 June 1954 was the 35th Prime Minister of Nepal from August 2011 to March 2013. Founder chairman of Naya Shakti. As a way out of the political deadlock since the dissolution of the first Nepalese Constituent Assembly in May 2012, he was then replaced by Chief Justice Khil Raj Regmi to head an interim government that should hold elections by 21 June 2013. He was a senior Standing Committee Member and vice chairperson of Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) until his resignation from his post and all responsibilities from the party on 26 September 2015. He is now Coordinator of Naya Shakti a newly founded Party. His former party started People's War in Nepal (as self-proclaimed by Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist)) in 1996 that had huge impact for the change of the political system in Nepal. The decade-long civil war which claimed life of more than 17,000 Nepalese had a major role in transformation of Nepal from a monarchy into a republic. He was elected to the Constituent Assembly from Gorkha in 2008 and became Finance Minister in the cabinet formed after the election.
On 4 February 1996, Bhattarai gave the government, led by Nepali Congress Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba, a list of 40 demands, threatening civil war if they were not met. The demands related to "nationalism, democracy and livelihood" and included such line items as the "domination of foreign capital in Nepali industries, business and finance should be stopped", and "discriminatory treaties, including the 1950 Nepal-India Treaty, should be abrogated" (referring here to the 1950 Indo-Nepal Treaty of Peace and Friendship), and "land under the control of the feudal system should be confiscated and distributed to the landless and the homeless." They started armed movement before the deadline to fulfill the demand given by themselves to the government. After that, and until 26 April 2006, the guerilla leader Prachanda directed the military efforts of the CPN (M) towards establishing areas of control, particularly in the mountainous regions and western Nepal.
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